Acting Labor leader Anita Dow has her sights on holding the government to account over election promises and gaining the trust of Braddon voters in her new role as deputy leader.
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Labor hasn't held three seats in Braddon since 2006, during a social and industrial time Ms Dow said was very different to the present.
"So I think there is a significant challenge for us. We need to do things differently because the community has changed," Ms Dow said.
"I firmly believe we need to give people a reason to put their faith and trust in a Labor government again."
With fellow Braddon MHA Shane Broad and David O'Byrne vying to become the party's next leader, Ms Dow wouldn't speculate on who would get the job.
Ms Dow said she had a good relationship with both and was committed to working closely with the next Labor leader.
"We've had the same leadership team over the last couple of elections, so it is a new day for us."
She said her party would advocate strongly for the government to fulfil their election promises, especially with regard to housing and health.
"I firmly believe that the government has had seven years to address the housing crisis, the health crisis and to be working on creating more jobs for people no matter where they live across Tasmania."
Ms Dow said the internal issues that publicly played out during the election campaign had been "disappointing".
"I think the most important thing at the moment is for us to be refocusing as a party and rebuilding."
Ms Dow said intentions to hold leadership positions hadn't been on her mind when she had entered any level of government.
"I wanted to make a greater contribution to the party, but I also think it's really important to have people from rural and regional areas in leadership positions as well."
Ms Dow said she would bring a strong focus on engaging with the community and developing further relationships with business and industry.
She said Labor acknowledged there was a need to look at how the party does things and how to improve.
"And that'll be critical to rebuilding the party post the election loss as well."